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Thank you and Good Bye
Mar 9, 2007 ... the blog. I hope you have found it informative and learnt a little about the vital work of WaterAid in India and how they are changing and saving lives. By continuing to support WaterAid we can give women like Champa hope ... |
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Delhi Delights
Feb 25, 2007 ... . After catching up on bit of sleep we met the WaterAid India staff and learnt about the country programme. WaterAid India have really grown and now have 3 local offices as well as head office in Delhi. They are working in rural ... |
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DELHI
Oct 1, 2005 (2 photos) AAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH FIRSTLY FORGIVE THE CAPS, ON THIS KEYBOARD ONCE YOUR BIG, YOU STAY BIG. ANYWAY WE ARE HERE, SPENT SO LONG TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT I STILL DONT THINK THAT IT HAS SUNK IN. ARE ALIVE, AND WELL FOR THE MOMENT, IF NOT VERY WET BEHIND THE ... |
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Delhi - Bakshi family visit - Part 1
Dec 5, 2008 (5 photos) ... finally reach home and quickly get ready and leave for Ambi's house. It is a fantastic coincidence that our night in Delhi happens to be the night of Ambi and Surinder's 50th wedding anniversary celebration so we are lucky to be gatecrashing the family ... |
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Back we go
Nov 6, 2005 Jumped off the raft yesterday at 2.45, rickshaw to the bus stand, and then stright on a 7 hour bus to Delhi. i have a theroy that indian people must have callouses on the bottom to put up with this kind of tourture, it's much worse than those pesky camels ... |
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New vs. Old Delhi?
Feb 18, 2008 (12 photos) Today we had a full day of sightseeing in Delhi including: Humayan's Tomb - 2nd Mughal emperor Humayan is buried in a complex of 10 mausoleums, displaying perfect symmetry and quite beautiful surroundings. It served as an early template for the ... |
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Debriefing in Dehli
Mar 7, 2007 ... the two groups (East and Due South) came back together to discuss our experiences at a debriefing session with the WaterAid India Delhi staff. It was really good to hear about other peoples experiences and share our impressions of the projects and ... |
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India and Mother Dearest - Here I come!
Feb 17, 2008 (7 photos) ... Jami Masjid (largest congregational mosque in Asia), Red Fort (Palace built by Shah Jahan as the center of the Mughal empire), India Gate (World War I memorial like the Arc de Triumph), Chandi Chowk (vivrant street market where we took a rickshaw ride), ... |
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India
Oct 2, 2004 (16 photos) ... of crops or supplies. I even saw a few monkeys running around. I took a first class train today. After three nights in Delhi, I felt it was appropriate. Breakfast and drinks were served during the 5 hour ride. All for under $9. Not bad. I usually opt ... |
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Crazy Delhi!!!!
Mar 12, 2007 (18 photos) ... are just a matter of personal taste. There are plenty of museums, sacred tombs (from various important people over India history) and numerous Mosques to see. As long as you can stand the rickshaw driver's steep charges, to take you ... |
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Sensations of Epic Proportions and the New Knight
Jun 25, 2007 (8 photos) ... Place (For another take on our Delhi to Ladakh trip, you can look at Kevin's travelpod here). Along these streets, Delhi comes alive and attacks your senses. Incense and the smell of fresh vegetable samosas contrast with burning heaps of plastic and ... |
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A hot one in Delhi
Jun 10, 2005 (2 photos) We arrive after what seems like an endless journey (8hr5m) with British Airways to our first destination: Delhi. What better place to begin? Life is very different here. We are collected in an ancient white Austin Ambassador with chrome finishings and ... |
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Impressions of Food
Jun 10, 2005 Breakfast (10am) In hotel - on rooftop Rachel - scared of getting food poisoning opts for 2 slices of toast and a cup of tea (40p) John - hungry so takes two fried eggs on toast plus tea and pineapple juice with inidentified black bits in it (100p) ... |
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Incredible India
Sep 26, 2006 (15 photos) ****work in progress *** please check back later for more pics and the full story*** About once a quarter Melanie goes to India for a very fast 2-3 days of meetings. Normally she arrives at midnight the night before the meeting and leaves at 2 a.m the ... |
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Round and round and round we go!
Oct 14, 2005 (7 photos) ... to malik, who told me (danny) he loves me allot, and then we were back in the throbbing Paharganj area of new delhi,a little wiser, and a little tougher, and most definitly a little dirtier. back to the namaskar hotel again, beofore out for a few quick ... |
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A Day in Delhi
Apr 10, 2008 ... oven that was Delhi! So hot...but dove into a taxi and set off for the Paharganj area main bazaar near the New Delhi train station. Transfered to a cycle rickshaw at the main entrance cuz no cars allowed...and this uber thin man took me and my ... |
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Delhi Assurance
Oct 30, 2004 (1 photos) ... my lower bowel. (all is good at the moment, but it's like waiting for an injection, the fear has gripped me!) Kris Well, Delhi is officially the maddest place I have ever encountered in my entire life! It's been a learning curve and then some. I ... |
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Delhi - Onwards to Rajasthan
Nov 27, 2008 Picked up our driver for the next 9 days.... Nice guy called Mintu from Namaste Tours..... |
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Shopping!
Jul 5, 2007 (2 photos) Yes, the plan was to go to Red Fort and the mosque and maybe the big Islam monument Qutub Minar, south of Delhi. Instead I went shopping. Red Fort, as I suspected, was red and fort-ish and getting to it involved walking across a busy road. The mosque ... |
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India - Back to Delhi
May 11, 2007 (2 photos) ... our plane to Kathmandu would leave fairly early the following morning. Miraculously we had left India unscathed by the infamous 'Delhi Belly', in fact the slightly dodgy stomach Andrew had arrived with had magically dissipated in correlation with ... |
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Learning curve
Jul 4, 2007 ... tourist office, and lo and behold, every day for the next 4 days is available to Shimla. Little buggers. So, train tickets bought. Delhi - Kalka, then the toy train to Shimla. It'll take all day and according to Ravi you can walk faster than it moves, ... |
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Holy Cow!
Feb 15, 2004 (5 photos) ... ghat where you could see the bodies being thrown in the fire and poked at by the poor Untouchables' (a "caste" of people in India, the lowest of the low, who perform jobs like desludging open sewers and cleaning the alleyways of cow shit), and their bamboo ... |
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Sand Castle....
Dec 21, 2004 (5 photos) ... over next couple of days and then caught a delayed overnight train to Jodhpur. Nitty gritty : The train from Agra to Delhi was 3 hours late but as it was filled with orthopeadic surgeons returning from a conferance in Agra, it proved to be most ... |
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India - Delhi
May 2, 2007 (35 photos) ... , hotels and tour agents and is a great place to get your bearings and to try and sort out the rest of your stay in Delhi, and India for that matter. We were quickly nabbed by a 'friendly' local, who took us to a tourist info shop. We knew exactly where we ... |
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How the other half lives
Apr 15, 2007 ... I could live in, but I don't think it is the real India. The real India is infuriating but fascinating; this India seems comfortable but somehow fabricated. At this specific point in our journey, this is exactly what we need and the hospitality ... |
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Delhi
Oct 29, 2006 (5 photos) We have now accomplished what any good India tourist needs to do: we have seen the Taj Mahal! After leaving Hydrabad, we traveled for 27 hours by train to the town of Agra where the Taj is located. For some reason I had assumed that since Agra attracts ... |
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New Delhi - Day 30
Mar 23, 2008 ... lakes. My host in Kashmir wants me to visit again for his wedding so I think I'll be back. Back in crazy Delhi , staying in the same hotel as last time. It was the Hindu Holi festival yesterday, I purposely wanted to avoid Delhi on ... |
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Some Indian recipes
Jul 2, 2005 Here are some authentic northern Indian recipes which I have picked up from my cooking partner Tom Wimmer (on the Exodus trip). Each recipe is for 2 persons. We did try to make Chole on our cooking duty rota, however we couldn't find half of the ... |